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Sophia Theresa "Sophie" Pemberton (13 February 1869 - 31 October 1959) was a Canadian painter [1] who was British Columbia's first professional woman artist. [2] Despite the social limitations placed on female artists at the time, she made a noteworthy contribution to Canadian art and, in 1899, was the first woman to win the Prix Julian from the Académie Julian for portraiture. [3]
Canadian Awards for the Electronic & Animated Arts (Industry) Best video games, animation and multimedia produced in Canada Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame: Significant lifelong contributions to the art of cartooning in Canada Dufferin Medal: Earl of Dufferin: Defunct in 1879 Governor General's Awards: Governor General of Canada
Molly Lamb Bobak CM ONB RCA (née Lamb; February 25, 1920 – March 2, 2014) was a Canadian teacher, writer, printmaker and painter working in oils and watercolours. During World War II, she was the first Canadian woman artist to be sent overseas to document Canada's war effort, and in particular, the work of the Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C), as one of Canada's war artists.
In 2010, McMaster won the Canon Canada Prize, [1] the Ontario College of Art and Design Medal in Photography [1] as well as the Spoke Club Membership Prize [1] and the Vistek Photography Award. [ 1 ] In 2013 ,she was a recipient of the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship [ 1 ] [ 9 ] and, in 2016, she was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award .
In an era when women artists were viewed as little more than hobbyists and were left out of the mainstream world of professional art, the Beaver Hall Group was the first Canadian artists association in which women played a central role. [5] Importantly, they not only painted but also exhibited and sold their work. [6]
Established in 2012, the Art Canada Institute is a non-governmental initiative spearheaded by Founder and Executive Director Sara Angel, C.M.. [2] A Trudeau Scholar and arts journalist with a background in publishing, Angel intended to address what she viewed as an absence of accessible and inclusive material on Canadian visual culture through the creation of the ACI, which has been described ...
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Toronto: Art Canada Institute, 2023. ISBN 978-1-4871-0309-5 Sarah Bassnett and Sarah Parsons. Caught in the Act: An Anthology of Performance Art By Canadian Women, by Johanna Householder and Tanya Mars (2004) ISBN 978-0-920397-84-8; Faking Death: Canadian Art Photography since 1955, by Penny Cousineau-Levine (2003) ISBN 978-0-7735-2826-0